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S-Tone Inc with Toco
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Played by: Ralf Gum
Played by: BRENDON P
Toco feat Rosalia De Souza
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
S-Tone Inc feat Toco
Review: Second time around for Stefano Tirone's 2020 album Body & Soul, which he's now fully reworked into a more club-focused 'Disco Experience'. In practice, that means that he's taken the acid jazz, soul and jazz-funk-informed originals and re-framed them as deep, soulful and musically rich disco and boogie influenced delights. It was a smart move, and while some tracks work better as disco-soaked tracks than others, the versions of 'In The Name of Love', 'Pra Voce', and the Sunburst Band-esque '(Got To) Move On' are particularly special. Nu-jazz outfit The Invisible Session's luxurious, laidback bossa-house take on 'Odoya' is also superb.
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
S-Tone Inc feat Afra Kane
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
S-Tone Inc feat Afra Kane
Played by: Henri Le Blanc
S-Tone Inc feat Afra Kane
Played by: Juno Recommends Funk
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Played by: LEGO EDIT
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Gerardo Frisina meets Toco
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Played by: Craig Charles Funk And Soul
Played by: LEGO EDIT
Review: Gerarado Frisina has always been something of a vinyl enthusiast, meaning plenty of his releases have never made it to CD or digital download. It's these that form the basis of Modern Latin Jazz, a bespoke "best of" that gathers together tracks released at various points over his 16-year career. You get two of his best releases - this year's fantastic Latin Blue album and 2015's Olympia EP - in their entirety, plus tracks taken from rare and hard-to-find 12" singles from the dawn of the decade and long before. The two-disc set does a great job of showcasing Frisina's increasingly dub-tinged approach, mixing Latin jazz floor-fillers, percussive stompers and snaking jazz-house shufflers with more traditional bossa-jazz fare and the kind of warm, loose-limbed nu-jazz that was once found on Jazzanova albums.
Alex Puddu feat Lonnie Jordan
Played by: Craig Charles Funk And Soul
Review: S-tone Inc. returns with Superbacana and contains four tracks with a funky Brazilian flavour. Inspired by the Black Rio sound that represents the encounter between samba and American soul funk music since the '70s. The title track is a mid-tempo jam that could be considered 'soul: brazuca style' but with a modern touch. That one features the spaced-out vocals of Toco, Paola Silva and Luzia Dvorek. Fabrizio Bernasconi also plays a fantastic groovy solo on Fender Rhodes too. There's also a handy dub version of this track with an outstanding Marquinho Baboo performance on percussion. Then "Zona Norte" with Paola Silva on backing vocals is a funky-disco jam and as the title suggests: it names all the main quarters of the north side of Rio de Janeiro and is a perfect example of the Brazilian attitude to disco-funk. "Zuzu" closes the record and is inspired by Guimaraes' disco groove. Featuring 4Maree: a vocal ensemble from Sao Paulo that includes Bruno Morais and Kika with Toco and Luzia Dvorek. Bass, guitar and Wurlitzer are all performed by Stefano Tirone, who's also responsible for this EP's recording and production process and is the writer with Toco of the three tracks
